novelraw Chapter 1056 - 1053: Are You Still Blaming Me
Chapter 1056 - 1053: Are You Still Blaming Me
Chapter 1056: Chapter 1053: Are You Still Blaming MeActually, a lot has happened in the company during this period.
The most powerful secretary in the secretarial department, Fang Zhengdong, resigned.
After the new chairman took office, it seemed that he only did one thing, which was to invest in establishing Yao City and to aggressively acquire various pharmaceutical companies and re
"The chairman is in his office now, should I let him know?"
Gu Qichen’s voice was indifferent, "No need, I’ll go in by myself."
Gu Qichen walked to the president’s office door, didn’t even knock, and just went straight in.
The people in the secretary’s office all felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.
The former chairman had suddenly become a director and appeared here.
If the new chairman was in a dispute with the former, whose side should they take?
Once Gu Qichen entered, he closed the door behind him.
Gu Zhaohan was indeed in the office.
However, he was standing by the bed.
One hand, not yet fully recovered, still hung limply.
His other hand, though, held a cigarette between its fingertips.
Gu Qichen looked at the swirling smoke and his brows slightly furrowed.
Gu Zhaohan, hearing someone at the door, had already turned to face it.
"Uncle," Gu Zhaohan began.
Gu Qichen walked over, "When did you learn to smoke?"
Gu Zhaohan glanced at the cigarette in his hand, "You’re asking when I learned? That’s many years ago now, probably around the eighth grade."
Gu Qichen’s brow grew more furrowed.
Gu Zhaohan took a drag of his cigarette, then tossed it away.
Exhaling a fluent stream of smoke, he said, "Uncle, have you always thought of me as a good kid? That smoking in the eighth grade is something only delinquent youths would do?"
Gu Qichen didn’t reply.
In Gu Qichen’s memory, Gu Zhaohan had indeed always been well-behaved, the kind not to cause worry.
From childhood onwards, he was reserved, steady, excelled in his studies, and was rare in his diligent and earnest efforts, with high demands on himself.
He never engaged in uncertain endeavors or overstepped boundaries.
This impression seemed to continue all the way to college.
Gu Qichen had always thought that Gu Zhaohan’s suppressed temperament only changed after meeting Xia Yangyang.
Gu Qichen said, "Why did you smoke at that time? You never mentioned it to me."
Gu Zhaohan replied, "Because I had no outlet for my anguish, no relief for my pressures; every time I came home, Mom was waiting for you, not for me, always preparing your favorite dishes. She only ever cared whether you were tired from work at the company, never about how much academic pressure I was under. The first time I smoked was when I came second in the grade. Mom offhandedly said that you, uncle, always came first. Uncle, you have no idea what that felt like—I worked so hard, yet I could never achieve what came effortlessly to you. Even if I was second in the grade, I gave it my all, but since I wasn’t first, it all seemed meaningless."
Gu Qichen began, "You should know your sister never cared about your grades. Her comment was probably just an offhand remark."
Gu Zhaohan pursed his lips and smiled slightly, "Yes, she had no expectations of me—it’s natural that I’m not as good as you; even if I surpassed you, in her eyes, it’s as if I’ve taken everything from you. She doesn’t hope for me to be better than you because she doesn’t have great expectations of me. But it’s different for you, you’re the one she pins all her hopes on."
"You still resent me," Gu Qichen spoke.
"Uncle, all that is in the past now. I’m not as talented or outstanding as you, I admit that. But, my future achievements will definitely not be less than yours. Just wait and see."
Only then did Gu Qichen broach the main issue, "Xiao Han, do you realize that your current investments carry great risk?"